[JasonParis]

You will also see signage for LIRR, SoHo, TriBeCa, OMNY, MTA, JFK, etc.

 

[DSCToronto]

You will also see signage for LIRR, SoHo, TriBeCa, OMNY, MTA, JFK, etc.

Those Yankees are SO smart!! :->

 

[JSF-1]

It doesn't matter what it stands for, as long as the station name is readable and findable. If I was trying to figure out what station names meant in Tokyo i'd likely still be there.

Hey now the Tokyo comparison is kinda cheating since they also number their stations so you don't even need to know its name or what it means.

 

[txlseries4]

unique > meaningful

 

[nfitz]

Clearly. Some of those names makes VMC sound as neutral as Switzerland.

And yet the longest is only 10 characters long! Which surely influence the selection of the station name.

 

[dowlingm]

Wonder how long it will be before we see some station signs get sticker/marker additions to put an "e" in the new station name.

 

[north-of-anything]

I'm sure the station will have TMU in large letters and Toronto Metropolitan University in smaller letters underneath.

Largely agreed, but for consistency with the University side of the loop, I would prefer if they had TMU in large letters and then Dundas Street in smaller letters underneath.

 

[zang]

How is a visitor to the city supposed to know what TMU stands for?

Not like visitors to Montreal know what UQAM is either. It’s a unique name though, and that’s more important for navigation.

 

[T3G]

Agree to disagree then. Some companies just lean heavily into acronyms because it's easier for everyone involved. Even in an official capacity.

Take a look at most of our big banks: CIBC, BMO, RBC. They very rarely use their long form names. A similar use case is when they sponsor a venue name. It's not Royal Bank of Canada Amphitheatre. it's just RBC Amphitheatre. It's not Bank of Montreal Field, It's BMO Field.

In the examples you named, though, at least everyone is made aware of the fact that they're ampitheatres and fields that are being discussed, though. TMU station is like if the aforementioned places were called RBCA or BMOF.

Again, not everyone knows what TMU is, especially if they're new to the city. Should station names require prerequisite knowledge of the institution they're named for? Isn't the whole point of station names to tell you where you are?

It doesn't matter what it stands for, as long as the station name is readable and findable. If I was trying to figure out what station names meant in Tokyo i'd likely still be there.

I think that depends entirely on whether you view station names as something that should be unique and stand out, or deliver information about where the place actually is. I lean towards the latter, so I think it would be much more helpful to actually spell outright what the place is. As for Tokyo, again, I'm not saying that you need to know what every local name means in Japanese, but don't you think it would be odd if you were travelling to Shinjuku station and the corresponding metro station was called MMJ, for Micron Memory Japan?

I just don't see the defence here. Why isn't York University station called YU? Why isn't Vaughan Metropolitan Centre VMC station? Pioneer Village = PV? Victoria Park = VP? Union Station = US? Bloor Yonge = BY? Royal York = RY?

I was able to find my way to WTC station in new york perfectly fine before i got there and clued in what it stood for.

Where precisely do you see WTC used in place of "World Trade Center"? The subway map, station signs, and destination signs for the E train all spell out the full station name, as do the walls on the station of the current WTC-Cortlandt on the 1 train. The only place I see the acronym in use is on the subway map in labelling the PATH and 1 train station, which is fine because the E station right next door is spelled out in full, and thus eliminates all confusion.

And yet Montreal has Berri-UQAM station. LA (!) has Westwood/UCLA station.

Multiple places doing a foolish thing does not mean it is still not a foolish thing.

unique > meaningful

If that is the case, then why not start naming stations for random sci fi/fantasy characters and books? Spock, Narnia, Harry Potter, Darth Vader would all be incredibly unique names.

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Looking pretty makeshift.



I'm so glad my tuition is being used for this vanity project, instead of something useful, like a price reduction on classes...

 

[kotsy]

In the examples you named, though, at least everyone is made aware of the fact that they're ampitheatres and fields that are being discussed, though. TMU station is like if the aforementioned places were called RBCA or BMOF.

Again, not everyone knows what TMU is, especially if they're new to the city. Should station names require prerequisite knowledge of the institution they're named for? Isn't the whole point of station names to tell you where you are?

Fair point but these banks still heavily lean into their acronyms for their own branding even though it's not their long-form name. If they were ever to have a subway station named after them, you can pretty much guarantee they would use their acronym
All students and faculty at TMU knows what it means and that's really all that needs to know. All anyone else would need is a unique station name.

I just don't see the defence here. Why isn't York University station called YU? Why isn't Vaughan Metropolitan Centre VMC station? Pioneer Village = PV? Victoria Park = VP? Union Station = US? Bloor Yonge = BY? Royal York = RY?

Because these are acronyms that are probably never used by anyone, or at the very least, extremely uncommon. TMU has banners all over their campus that only feature the acronym on it. It's used several times on the home page of their website too and shows up in the page title immediately following their full name when you search for them on Google.

 

[81-717]

Pioneer Village = PV? Victoria Park = VP? Union Station = US? Bloor Yonge = BY? Royal York = RY?

North York Center = NYC

I'm so glad my tuition is being used for this vanity project, instead of something useful, like...

Like line 2 something-something.

 

[T3G]

Like line 2 something-something.

TMU is the one paying for the rebranding. They would not be buying rolling stock for the TTC.

 

[81-717]

TMU is the one paying for the rebranding. They would not be buying rolling stock for the TTC.

But the TTC could use the money TMU Ryerson paid them and add it to what the Feds threatened to cut back (again )

 

[T3G]

But the TTC could use the money TMU Ryerson paid them and add it to what the Feds threatened to cut back (again )

So you are suggesting that the school give the TTC free money that they then use to pay for trains?

1) What's in it for the school?
2) Why should I pay extra for stuff my tax dollars are already supposed to be buying?

 

[81-717]

1) What's in it for the school?

The school paid the TTC to do the renaming, didn't they? Or did they hire a 3rd party to do this?